Friday, May 11, 2007

Demo's

XBox 360 demo downloads, Forenza Motor Sport 2 and C&C3 I think I picked another one I guess I will see them in the morning when I wake up. Reviews to come. I played C&C 3 and love it very much for the little bit of time I played it.

Leo is going to get me in trouble with all of the new Tech stuff I can play with. http://terryjr386.tumblr.com and http://terryjr386.jaiku.com are some of the things I am playing with now. Soon I won't have to surf the internet I will have everything I need at my fingertips. This blog post will appear in tumblr via a rss feed what a cool way to keep track of everything.

Tumblelogs, since blogs aren't quick enough someone comes up with a faster way to get information you look at faster. I am now also on http://terryjr386.tumblr.com Anything I put here will also get put there automatically. Also you can now add your rss feeds to this service and all your new can be at one place. The Internet is always changing and getting better.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Well so much for a more secure version of Windows. Microsoft released about 18 new security updates today and sure enough Vista was also hit. If you were running MS Office 2007 you are also hit with security updates. Time to update your Windows systems and reboot again, and again, and again. Even my little test system which does nothing but boot windows needed 5 updates, and a reboot.

Microsoft wasn't the only OS hit with updates this week, my Fedora Core 6 also had 11 updates 5 that I could count were security updates. You have got to love Linux, I did the updates on this system and there was no reboot required this time. The only time my system needs a reboot is if I update a kernel module, dsub, and hal module.

I added more changes to my website making it easy to download my random desktop wallpaper script for my Linux computers. If I ever met the person I found this script from I would kiss them. A little bit of sad news is that I saw that there is a program for windows that does this now. I will update everyone more on this as I get time to test how it works compared to the script I use.

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Something new I missed on the new version of Fedore Core 7 is Fedora now has a graphical trouble shooter for SELinux issues. A little Star appears in the applet panel. This allows you to see what was run and what the error was. This will help users figure out why their program was stopped from running. Added security is always a good thing.

A few more updates came in since the last update but since they are still in a Test version I won't be listing them for you. Pigin 2.0.0-0.36 beta7 is the latest version running on the new Fedora giving the final good bye to the old pictures and icons on GAIM. It looks like they could keep all of the old features of this wonderful IM client. I haven't found anything missing yet.

Saturday, May 05, 2007

The more time I get to look at my websites the more I find that needs editing. New Laptop running Linux has been added to the Linux info section of our site. Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora updates added to the systems running those versions. Links to this blog have been added to the website where I think they should be added in the Linux and Community sections for support. Current projects under way are customized support area for clients, updates and additions to the Community area, better contact us form, and more tutoring links.

Monday, April 30, 2007

A smooth install, and I see they finally fixed the X server to adjust the screen resolution right after the resolution is changed. This is more like Windows has been, and Ubuntu 6.10 and 7.04 was when I had them installed.

I have not found many new features to talk about on this one. I did find, other than the X server resolution change, that the System Menu, Preferences and Administrator menu are now broken down into more sub menus. Way to go for better organization. In Fedora Core 7 they upgraded the OpenOffice to 2.2 skipping the 2.1 release, and are now running Firefox 2.0.3, which was not available in the Core 6 version unless you installed it manually. I am currently running FC7 in a virtual machine. This version is also sporting the new 2.6.21 kernel. Ubuntu 7.04 is running the 2.6.20 kernel. The default log on screen now look more like Windows does with the press on the username, and type in that user's password. You can still type in the user's name and password if you really want to (I do). Once logged in you will see your Name on the panel which allows for user switching between users on your computer.

Gaim's name is changed to Pidgin, since AOL didn't like it being so close to the AIM trademark. If you are looking for the Terminal it got moved to System Tools.

You will also notice that there are also Documents, Download, Music, Pictures, Public, Templates, and Videos folders the are now default in your Home directory. I think this will help the basic user be able to use Fedora as a Linux alternative to Windows.

Ubuntu seems to have a very user friendly interface and install. I will have to test the Live CD for Fedora next. So far for a Test version I think it is ready to go live from what I have seen so far. Test 4 is a far better improvement than Test 1 and 2 were when they were released. Keep up the good work Fedora Developers.

This kind of article makes you kind of wonder where the personal life of a person stands and where their professional career begins. MySpace Photo Costs a Student a Teaching Certificate I have heard many teachers in my day talk about worse things than this picture, and to their class as well.

Friday, April 27, 2007

Some computer projects that I have taken part in have had no way to help the world. This is the one time a project I am taking part in is helping the world. This little project takes all of the unused processing power of your computer and puts it to the use of folding proteins. In doing so your computer may help find a cure for the Alzheimer's, Cancer, Huntington's, pr Parkinson's Disease. Go to Folding@Home and download a simple program. Join the DL.TV team 57391 with the download and help find a cure.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

RedHat and Fedora Core have been my linuxdistro of choice for a long time, and I figured I would take some time to check out the other versions.

I love the install of Ubuntu over Debian. The basic computer user will be able to use Ubuntu with ease. I like the encrypted partition of Debian, which is missing from Ubuntu, maybe it will be added later. I also noticed that Ubuntu is using the 2.6.20 kernel, and Debian is still using 2.6.18.

More information will be rolling in again now that my life is slowing down with all of the other projects I have been working with.

About Me

IT director for a local Accounting firm. I run Harrisburg Swing where we learn to dance in the style that was taught in the 1920-1940, and play any music that can be danced to that style of dance. Normally I am the one with a Nikon D300s by my side since photography is a major hobby of mine.